Lack of storage space leads to fragmentation…
The process is quite simple. You write again and again in a small empty partition and you need to move data too quickly losing access and transfer time. The files don’t fit and have to be split, leading to fragmentation. This is in complete analogy with our own minds.
“I have too much on my mind lately to do this too”, “I need time”, “I need my space” (not myspace 
), “I need to sleep over it”.
These are all processes that are triggered once space is full and we need to make more available in order to process events faster or better.
In my case I need lots of storage space. I am already over the 4.5TB mark and need space to breathe, backup my OS HD etc etc. Leaving data on my iPod 5.5g is not an option and they tiny 80GB external drive is also built for use and not storage. Tape drives are way to slow and DVD’s tend to corrupt data over time if left unattended. I need to store space once and forget about it in a safetly vault. And for the time being this is only possible using HD’s. the biggest HD I own so far is a 500GB drive. WD and Seagate announced availability of 2TB HD’s this month at about 300$ so i can see the future close. I might need to buy at least one more HD till then though (I buy my HD’s at approx. 100 euros each no matter the storage space).
None of that would be an issue though if Valentine’s day wasn’t close so I guess I will have to bite a bit more untill I get some spare cash.
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